The great telescope race heats up with a Texas gift
This week Houston businessman George Mitchell gave $25 million to the Giant Magellan Telescope, an ambitious project to build a $700 million instrument that would be the world’s largest telescope....
View ArticleNot SciFi or CSI: Scientists use nuclear chemistry to fingerprint the natural...
Scientists began understanding isotopes about a century ago as they came to realize the number of neutrons — neutral particles — found in the nuclei of the same kind of element can vary. They would put...
View ArticlePerry apparently hasn’t consulted A&M scientists on climate change
Yesterday Texas Gov. Rick Perry made headlines around the world by stating the following on climate change: “I think we’re seeing almost weekly, or even daily, scientists that are coming forward and...
View ArticleTexas scientists dive into the unknown to discover new life
Imagine diving in the ocean and swimming hundreds of feet deep into a completely dark cave. When you turn a corner, you never know what will be there. Such is the life of Texas A&M University...
View ArticleTexas A&M lands major federal prize to become a vaccine mecca
The Texas A&M System has won a huge federal contract to become one of the nation’s major hubs of vaccine production and bioterror preparedness. Over an expected lifetime of 25 years the federal...
View ArticleA single gene may be key to breeding the fastest trotters
Genetics is often complicated — there isn’t a single gene for, say, height. But in horses, it seems, the genetics of how equines run are quite simple. In a new Nature paper, (see in full), researchers...
View Article11 for ’13: Bhaskar Dutta and David Toback believe we will soon identify...
On the cusp of 2013, I’ve invited 11 of the greater Houston area’s top minds to write about something they believe, but cannot prove. A new entry in the 11 for ’13 series will be published each...
View Article11 for ’13: Richard Gomer believes we will be able to treat smoke inhalation...
On the cusp of 2013, I’ve invited 11 of the greater Houston area’s top minds to write about something they believe, but cannot prove. A new entry in the 11 for ’13 series will be published each...
View ArticleScientists quietly announce a potentially huge discovery in physics
Lost amid the tragedy of Monday’s explosions in Boston was a fascinating piece of physics news: an unexpected glimpse of what is very likely dark matter. Sam Ting got all the headlines two weeks ago...
View ArticleWait, the largest volcano in the world is named after Texas A&M?
A couple of decades ago William Sager and colleagues surveyed a large plateau in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Sager, a longtime Texas A&M University professor, named the feature Tamu Massif....
View ArticleDynamic leader tapped to ‘elevate the stature’ of A&M’s health science center
Texas A&M University’s Health Science Center is only a little more than a decade old, but it’s getting a dynamic new leader who could really propel the institution into the future. This morning...
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